Laura Hoyland advises on how settings can help prepare those children and their families who are due to move up to school in September

It seems odd to be writing about transitioning our children to school when I can’t see them, can’t hear them and haven’t spoken to these little people in weeks.

What would usually be a very busy time – preparing the children for their impending move to school, liaising with teachers, talking to parents – is certainly not the same this year.

We have got to come up with new ideas on how to support transitions – new ways to support children who may already be anxious about going to school and are now spending so much time at home that the transition is going to be a little harder than it should have been.

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